Electrical heating device for smoothing and drying hair on alpha person&#39;s head



C. O. MORGAN Aug. 9, 1927.

ELECTRICAL HEATING DEVICE FOR, SMOOTHING, AND DRYING HAIR ON A PERSONS HEAD Filed March 15.

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C. 0. Morgan.

Patented Aug. 9, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

CLIFTON ORICE MORGAN, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

ELECTRICAL HEATING DEVICE FOR SMOOTI-IING AND DRYING HAIR ON A PERSONS HEAD.

Application filed. March 15, 1926. Serial No. 94,762.

This invention relates to beauty parlor devices, evaporating moisture on a persons head; also a method of dressing hair.

One object of the invention is to provide a very convenient and effective device for quickly accomplishing the finishing step of the hair dressing method whereby extremely curly and rough hair can be made comparatively straight and smooth and caused to remain substantially in whatever arrangement it is fixed while the finishing steps of the method are being carried out.

Important features and objects will be pointed out or implied in the following details of the method and structure forming the invention.

In carrying out or performing the method, the hair is first moistened with oil, grease, water or other liquid or with a combination of these moistening agencies, and while thus moist, the hair is combed or brushed or otherwise arranged in the desired relation on,

the head. A cloth is then spread smoothly over the hair and secured firmly in position by any appropriate means, and then the heated drying device is pressed upon and slid over the cloth over the hair, while the hair is still damp, and the sliding movement is continued over all parts of the hair which it is desired to make smooth and comparatively straight, and when the heat from the device has made the hair comparatively dry, the cloth is removedand the hair remains substantially in the previously arranged relation, and relatively smooth and straight.

Forms and mechanical features of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which i Fig. 1 is a side view of the complete heating and drying device.

Figure 2 is an elevation viewed from the right side of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view in the plane indicated by line 83 ofFigure 4.

Figure i is a substantially horizontal sectional view in theplanes indicated by the line H of Figure 3.

By reference to these drawings in detail, in which similar reference characters correspond to similar parts in the several views, it will be seen that the device comprises a circular casing including two hollow casing members fittedone within the other and including upper and lower plates respectively.

and more specifically to a device for On the upper plate is attached an electrica'l res stance wire coil 11 for generating heat which heats the lower plate of the inner hollow body. The outer hollow body or casing device screws 1 extend through holes in plates 2 and in a strap 8, these screws being threaded in openings in the downwardly extending circular flange a ofthe casing member 4, and hold the ends of the strap 3 against opposite sides of the flange E.

Heat-insulating strip 8 fits closely around the inside of the flange L and against an insulating plate 9. Metal clamps 10 extend over the resistance coil 11, through a mica plate 12, and'are clinched over an insulating plate 13, and thus these members 10 hold these parts 11, 12 and 13 against one another, so they fit closely inside-of the insulating strip 8 and rest against the insulating plate 9.

The casing member 4: has an opening in its downwardly extending flange 4 and a porcelain insulating member '14- extends through thesaid opening and has anenlarged collar at one end, also having two apertures through which extend two else-- trical conductingpins 15 which have diametral enlargements near their middle parts, which enlargements retain these pins in the desired position. A cap 16 is made of in- 'sulatmg material, has two apertures through which extend ends of conducting pins 15 and also openings for two screws 17, and there are two corresponding openings in flange 4 into which is screwed these screws 17 and thus these screws 17 hold cap '16, pins 15 and insulating member 14 securely in the desired relation or position. An end of resistance coil 11 terminates and is secured to the inner end of one conducting pin 15, and the other end terminates at and is secured to the inner end of the other pin 15.

The outwardly projecting ends of pins 15 form a means for connecting the device to let! an electrical current supplying source (not shown).

Member 18 is a circular sheet metal or alloy fitting, having an upwardly extending flange or rim 18, whereas its bottom plate is circular, concave and smooth and adapted to contact with a comparatively large area of the convex and other portions of a persons head, the hair on the head, or a cloth spread smoothly over the hair on a persons head. The hollow member l818 tits close ly inside of the heat insulating strip 8, and its flange 18, rests against insulating members 8 and 9 which latter is of asbestos. Screw 19 screws into an opening on one side of flange or rim 4 touches member 8, and by tightening this screw 19 it presses member S lnVaICl and thereby holds member l8-18 firmly in the desired relation.

In usingthis device, it should be remover from the electrical current applying source whc it has become suf'iiciently heated for drying the hair on a persons head and he fore it becomes hot enough to scorch the hair. Then the hand of the user is inserted through the loop of the strap 3 and by this means, the device is held in convenient relation for sliding the concave surface of the plate 18 over the cloth which is on the hair to be treated.

I have no intention of limiting the patent protection on this invention to the exact details of construction and arrangement here shown, but changes may be made within the scope of the inventive ideas as claimed in the following:

I claim:

1. In an electrical heating device for smootl'iing, drying and pressing hair on a persons head, the combination of a circular hollow casing member including an annular wall and having a plate closing its upper end, a heat insulating plate in said upper end, a heat insulating strip extending around the inner surface of said casing member and against the said heat insulating plate and under the margin of the latter, a second heat insulating plate under and against the first said heat insulating plate and having its periphery against the upper edge of said heat insulating strip, an electrical heating coil provided with means securing it under the second said heat insulating plate, a heat insulating plate secured on the top of said casing member, a hand receiving loop extending over the last said heat insulating plate, a sheet metal plate provided with a downwardly facing concave surfaceand with an upwardly extending flange, the latter fitting against the inner side of said heat insulating strip, the first said casing member having threaded opening in'its annular Wall, and a screw in said threaded opening and operable to press the adjacent part'of said insulating strip inward and thereby exert a pressure against the flange of said sheet metal plate for frictionall'y holding the latter within said casing'meniber.

2. The structure defined by claim 1, said casing member and insulating strip and sheet metal plate having corresponding openings therethrough, an apertured insulating member extending through these openings and assisting said screwfin holding said insu'lating strip and sheet metal plate within said casing member, electrical connecting members extending through said apertured insulating member and connected respectively to the terminals of saidheating coil, "and an apertured retaining member secured to said casing member and being effective to secure said electrical connectors in said apertur-ed insulating member and to secure the latter in said registering openings.- V

In testimony whereof, l hereonto aiiix my signature.

omrron onion MQRGAN.

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